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Talbot Timmons climbed aboard the westbound train thirty minutes before it pulled out of the station at Santa Fe. He smiled, puffed with pride at his life’s recent twists. Not only was he warden of Yuma Territorial Prison, but after the War of Northern Aggression, he’d managed to revive and ride point on the Brotherhood of the Phoenix, the mightiest group of die-hard Confederates the world had yet seen. And soon, he thought, soon I will be a governor, then a senator, then—and why the hell not?— President of the United States….

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Hold on to your wigs, kids! Just in time for Hollerween, it’s OUTLAWED! (Book 3 in the jaw-dropping, gob-stopping, hip-popping OUTFIT series!) It’s officially released on October 17, but you can pre-order it here.) Okay, here’s the lowdown: Cookie McGee finds his...

Holy moly--STRANDED has won the Willa Award for Best Historical Fiction by the estimable group, Women Writing the West. I am so grateful for this honor, and I continue to be amazed by this book. Go, Janette, go! Here's a link:...

I’m pleased to share the news that my novel, STRANDED, continues to make ripples on the awards scene. It’s been chosen as a finalist for two more awards: • 2018 Will Rogers Medallion Award Finalist • 2018 High Plains Book Award Finalist

Hey there, Pards! On May 16, 2018, my newest novel, TIMBERLINE: A ROAMER WESTERN, sees its official release in hardcover and ebook versions. Here’s the gritty lowdown: A high-country train trek turns into a blizzard-bound trainwreck-from-hell for Roamer as a gang of...

Jen, Miss Tess, and I returned to our wee homestead in Maine late yesterday following a stunning weekend in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. What, you may ask, were we doing so far from home? Well, pull up a chunk of oak and warm your hands by the campfire while I tell you....